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Essential Reading List

Adelphi Research and the IES have produced the following bibliography of key books and other publications on environment, security and related topics.

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8 Publications

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment

In late 2003, the MA and Island Press published Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment. This volume lays out the assumptions, processes and parameters that were used in the...

Environment, Scarcity, and Violence

This research does not aim to identify all the factors that cause violent conflict around the world; rather, it sought to determine whether a specific factor ? environmental scarcity ? can be an important cause of violent conflict.

Environmental Change and Security - A European Perspective

Does a connection exist between environmental degradation, resource scarcity and violent conflicts? Global environmental changes, such as climate change and sea level rise, shortage of fresh water and rapid soil degradation increasingly highlight...

Environmental Change and Security Program - Report 10 - 2004

Since 1994, the Environmental Change and Security Programme (ECSP) has explored the relationships among environment, population, disease, economic development, migration, political stability, and violent conflict. ECSP brings international...

Environmental Change and Security Program - Report 11 - 2005

According to some experts, protecting natural resources and stabilizing population growth must be part of long-term solutions to today's violent conflicts. Others say the evidence does not support this strategy. But all agree that more research will...

Environmental Peacemaking

Using environmental issues as a means of catalyzing cooperation among adversaries is a plausible goal that deserves greater attention. This book is an initial attempt at this emerging field of inquiry. Ken Conca and Geoffrey Dabelko have put...

Environmental Security: A View From Europe

The European Union continues to take some progressive steps towards curing the human induced stresses plaguing our planet. What is it doing to protect us from the long-term threats posed by environmental degradation and unsustainable development,...

Europe in the World: Political choices for security and prosperity

Europe is failing to make the political choices necessary to ensure the security and prosperity of its citizens in an interdependent world. It must cultivate a rejuvenated sense of purpose if it is to rise to the challenges of the coming years....

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